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Typhoon Chaba

Image of the Day for August 27, 2004

Acquired October 28, 2010, this natural-color image shows Typhoon Chaba over Japan’s Ryukyu Islands.

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Aug 27, 2004
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2004-08-26 00:00:00
August 26, 2004

The SeaWiFS sensor aboard the OrbView-2 satellite captured this true-color image of Typhoon Chaba on August 26, 2004 at 3:30 UTC. At the time this image was taken, Chaba was located approximately 1185 km (736 miles) south-southeast of Sasebo, Japan and was moving towards the north-northwest at 15 km/hr (9 mph). Maximum sustained winds were near 213 km/hr (132 mph) with higher gusts to 260 km/hr (161 mph). The Joint Typhoon Warning Center was forecasting Chaba to weaken over the next 72 hours.

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Image provided by the SeaWiFS Project, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, and ORBIMAGE

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